The Nakajima B5N Torpedo bomber was credited with the sinking of three US Carriers the USS Lexington CV-2, USS Yorktown CV-6 and USS Hornet CV-8. It would see service in World war 2 and was the Japanese Navy's primary torpedo bomber for the early part of World war 2. About ~1149 Nakajima B5N Torpedo bombers were made for the Japanese Navy.
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The Nakajima B5N2 (Allied code name: Kate) was a plane first flown in January 1937 for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Fragile, little armour, and no self-sealing fuel tanks.Poor defensive armament: 7.7 mm Type 92 MG.Gets a bomb rack of 6 x 60 kg bombs which can be used to hit multiple targets.Torpedo has the highest drop speed in the game at 580 km/h and is one of the most feared torpedoes in Naval Battles.The only thing the plane has when it comes to armament is 1 7.7 mm machine gun, which is not a reliable way to fend off enemies with it lacks damage and doesn't offer the best coverage, but at 1.7 it might be enough to scare off ill-armoured biplanes. But when doing a dive attack to get the speed its important to not go over the speed limit where the B5N2 can drop the torpedoes without having them explode in the water on contact which would make the attack futile.Įvery enemy should be seen as a serious threat to the B5N2, as it does not have an offensive armament.
It also come with two different sets of 250 kg bombs that can be dropped one by one and are preferable when striking at two different targets than a singular 800 kg.Īgainst naval targets, it's most preferred to use the Type 91 Mod.2 and Type 91 Mod.3 to deal with the sailors, keep in mind to dive and get fast speed to quickly get in and out of engagement with a warship or patrolboat to minimize the risk of being shot down. Coming with 2 different 800 kg bombs, its important to pick the one most suitable for the mission, preferably the Navy Type Number 80 Model 1 over the Navy Type 99 Number 80 AP, with the benefit that the Type Number 80 Model 1 has a better blast radius and more explosive power than the Type 99 Number 80 AP bomb which is good at taking out a single heavily armoured target. The B5N2 might lack in offensive weaponry such as machine guns and cannons but it has a great variety of payload from 60 kg bombs to 800 kg bombs and even torpedoes in its arsenal to take out ground and naval targets with. Its greatest weapon is not the speed to outrun enemy fighters but its manoeuvrability and ability to do tight turns against most enemy aircraft till help arrives from the team. The B5N2 is a Japanese torpedo-bomber that is lacking in offensive armaments and is defended by a single 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun at the back, which makes it lacking in defence against enemy pursuers.
6 x 60 kg Navy Type 97 Number 6 bombs (360 kg total).The B5N2 can be outfitted with the following ordnance: 6 x 60 kg = High-skill precise tank bombing.2 x 250 kg = Intermediate-skill tank bombing.1 x Type 91 Model 3 Torpedo = Naval targets.The other presets should be chosen for these reasons: With the amount of presets the B5N2 offers, it leaves a lot of space and multipurpose over to the pilot of any skill level with only 2 presets being a bad choice: the 800 kg AP bomb, and Type 91 Model 2 torpedo. Main articles: Type 91 Model 3 (850 kg), Type 91 Model 2 (835 kg) IJN Pilot nickname: Kanko (艦攻, Abbriviation of 艦上 攻撃機 ( Kanjō Kōgekiki)).The B5N also carries a favourable array of ordnance for both high and low-altitude bombing on top of ship attacks. While a considerably large target for the size of its wings, the B5N is a very manoeuvrable and relatively fast plane, able to outmanoeuvre and outspeed enemy interceptors.
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The B5N2 has been in the game since the start of the Open Beta Test prior to Update 1.27.
While it saw initial service in the Second Sino-Japanese war, it played a major role in the opening phase of the Pacific war, contributing to the successes at Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, and Santa Cruz Islands.
Due to delays in the production of the B6N (Family), the B5N saw service from 1937 all the way until 1945, supplementing the B6Ns in secondary roles. With its first flight in 1937, it served the Japanese Navy very favourably with its highly capable ordnance and was considerably faster than any Allied counterparts. The B5N2, designated as the Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber ( 九七式艦上攻撃機), was the standard Japanese carrier-based torpedo/high-level bomber during World War II.
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